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UpInArms

(55,001 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:00 AM Mar 5

Noem Can't Explain Why She Hired 8-Day-Old Company for Ad Campaign

The Department of Homeland Security tapped a little-known ad firm to produce Kristi Noem’s multimillion-dollar ad campaign during the government shutdown last year. But when asked to explain her rationale before a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, Noem was practically speechless.

Reading off a DHS notice, Colorado Representative Joe Neguse noted that the department had identified just four companies “out of the hundreds of thousands of companies in the United States” as potential hires for the campaign.

.. snip …

The money from Noem’s agency was funneling directly into the pockets of her friends and allies at the Strategy Group, a group with myriad ties to the ex–South Dakota governor, including having once employed her alleged beau (Corey Lewandowski) and a CEO who is married to Noem’s ex-chief DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.

Safe America Media, meanwhile, has no website, no experience, and quiet contracts. The only substantial evidence that the company actually exists at all is that it shares an address with a property owned by veteran Republican operative Michael McElwain.

More at:

https://newrepublic.com/post/207381/kristi-noem-explain-company-ad-campaign

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Noem Can't Explain Why She Hired 8-Day-Old Company for Ad Campaign (Original Post) UpInArms Mar 5 OP
So much corruption BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 5 #1
And infidelity. I'm cool with that as long as they are cool the next time a Dem chicoescuela Mar 5 #10
Cheating is only evil, immoral and wrong when a Democrat does it. MIButterfly Mar 5 #17
Nothing suspicious about that... kerouac2 Mar 5 #2
When Rs are in charge....... KS Toronado Mar 5 #7
With this administration, the grift is the point. surfered Mar 5 #3
GUILTY progressoid Mar 5 #4
It's kind of like, "yes we're stealing money, try and stop me" ashredux Mar 5 #5
So swampy. Baitball Blogger Mar 5 #6
But the DOW!! How can you even bring this up when the DOW is back under... Ol Janx Spirit Mar 5 #8
It's not that she can't explain why.... SergeStorms Mar 5 #9
Pam Blondie can add this to their list of corruption to cover up. mdbl Mar 5 #11
Because she is fucking a corrupt asshole Johonny Mar 5 #12
Rampant looting and thievery, in broad daylight. dalton99a Mar 5 #13
perhaps because she's crooked? nt Javaman Mar 5 #14
No explanation necessary, Kristi, a third-grader could solve that mystery (nt) William Seger Mar 5 #15
!! Marcuse Mar 5 #16
She could explain it Quanto Magnus Mar 5 #18
And the beat goes on. OMGWTF Mar 5 #19
Corruption starts at the top. Lonestarblue Mar 5 #20
Stupid Noem. Can't even do grifting right. Krasnov needs someone with more experience at it. Wonder Why Mar 5 #21
So many regs or lack thereof need to be improved stollen Mar 5 #22

chicoescuela

(3,088 posts)
10. And infidelity. I'm cool with that as long as they are cool the next time a Dem
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:01 AM
Mar 5

is accused, but that won’t happen.
Assholes

MIButterfly

(2,706 posts)
17. Cheating is only evil, immoral and wrong when a Democrat does it.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:53 AM
Mar 5

It will be scandalous daily for weeks, if not months. They will clutch tbeir pearls and speak of nothing else. Shame, shame, shame.

When a Republican does it, it's nobody's business; nothing to see here; move along.

kerouac2

(1,496 posts)
2. Nothing suspicious about that...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:03 AM
Mar 5

And the sad part is there will likely be zero consequences for the grifting that all of these Republicans are doing.

KS Toronado

(23,727 posts)
7. When Rs are in charge.......
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:31 AM
Mar 5

"No republicon has ever done anything underhanded, and throw your facts away that's fake news"

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,016 posts)
8. But the DOW!! How can you even bring this up when the DOW is back under...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:55 AM
Mar 5

...49,000?

At a time like this we've got to all pull together and get the DOW back over 50,000, and pointing out the insane corruption of one government contract certainly isn't helping that!

Eye on the ball guys!



SergeStorms

(20,599 posts)
9. It's not that she can't explain why....
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:00 AM
Mar 5

she won't. They're political cronies from her puppy shooting days in South Siberia. Payback for making her wealthy.

The level of criminality in tRump's administration is off the freaking charts!

Johonny

(26,203 posts)
12. Because she is fucking a corrupt asshole
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:08 AM
Mar 5

That murdered her dogs, cheats on her husband, and steals pur tax dollars. But thats okay because she is willing to fucking cold blooded murder Americans and not give a fuck.

That's the only quality Trump wants. Heartless soulless murders.

Quanto Magnus

(1,350 posts)
18. She could explain it
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:47 PM
Mar 5

but then she would have to tell the truth and that seems impossible for her.

Lonestarblue

(13,487 posts)
20. Corruption starts at the top.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:50 PM
Mar 5

When the boss is the mist corrupt president in our history, his minions are free to enjoy their own corruption. Noem took her corruption to the extreme. She may no longer have her job, but I'm sure she has squirreled away millions of taxpayer dollars. Her replacement won't be any mire honest.

stollen

(1,143 posts)
22. So many regs or lack thereof need to be improved
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:03 PM
Mar 5

"subcontractors are not required to be made public in federal contracting databases, effectively allowing the whopping taxpayer sum to vanish in an untraceable dark-money network."


How much $$ have taxpayers lost to black-op contractors? Did we ever track down the $2 billion Paul Bremer "lost" in Iraq?

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